[Bug #83] [Language] Receiving notification email in unreadable encoding if using Russian local settings

http://anthill.vmlinuz.ca/anthill/query.php?bug=83

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 If you post russian in a bug report, can you tell me if it is displayed properly on the web page?  Let's start with
 that.

+Comment posted: 2003-10-08 02:34 PM by eognovenko-2yOVIfw5/[email protected]
+
+Well, step by step.
+Russian language does show properly in the web pages. The bug deals with only notification emails.
+
+Now I'll try to post something in Russian. Here it is:
+Это проверка. Сообщите об ошибках.
+Note, the message above is written in unicode UTF-8 encoding used by the web page. I do not really
+knew in which encoding you will read that.
+
+There are several encodings for Russian language. The first is the offical ISO codepage: iso-8859-p5
+which is not actually used by anyone. The second is the ANSI codepage of Windows - win-1251. The
+third is so called "official internet russian codepage" - koi-8r, also used by the most of unix systems.
+Actually in the internet two last codepages are being used. As the message is transferred from one
+mail server to another somewhere in Russia the server recode a message. If the encoding is not
+specified implicitely in the RFC header of the message a server assumes one by default. Different
+servers have different defaults so the encoding may change erroneously several times. To avoid that
+one has to specify the encoding implicitely in the RFC and fill the message text in that encoding.
+That is really the only way working in Russia. I suppose you should use koi-8r or win-1251 (which one
+is more suitable for your server), two most popular encodings. For now, there is no Russian encoding
+specified in your RFC header of the message at all.
+
+Maybe, it would be easier to send emails in English but as long as your online Anthill has Russian
+interface if local settings are set to Russian, it would be more preferable and logical to receive emails
+in Russian, in Russia.
+

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